title: High fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F)PET-uptake lymph nodes in a patient with chordoma: Tumor metastasis or sarcoidosis?
abstract: METHODS
  Male, 48 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Chordoma Symptoms: -
  
  
  METHODS
  - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Neurology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Challenging differential diagnosis.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been used in imaging and staging of malignancies including sacral chordomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author's report describes the coincident pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a 48-year-old male patient with a recurrent sacral chordoma. Chordoma is a low grade malignancy with frequent systemic metastases in advanced disease. Both metastases and sarcoidosis may be high FDG uptake. Unexpected PET findings need to be biopsied in order to make appropriate clinical decision in the management of chordoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lymph nodes involvement in sarcoidosis and neoplastic disease can have similar FDG-PET manifestations.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Mohamad Hossain
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gharavi
authors.forename: Hope Hueizhi
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Toms
keywords: granuloma; imaging; inflammation; notochord